M81 & M82

[Bobby1970]

Taken last night with my Altair 72-ED scope on my Opticstar EQ goto mount and my Sony A57.

60x 120s subs

darks and flats.

DSS, Startools, Photos (mac)

Polar alignment was pretty good according to sharp cap, i think i definitely need a flattener as some of the stars are a bit egg shaped. But overall i am fairly content with this as a first go at this target since i did about 10x 30s exposures on an alt/az goto mount many years back.

 

Thanks for looking :-)

 

[alacant]

1 hour ago, Bobby1970 said:

 i definitely need a flattener as some of the stars are a bit egg shaped

Hi. Have a go with StarTools' lens module. It works well in situations where elongated stars are predictably elongated. HTH.

[Bobby1970]

1 minute ago, alacant said:

Hi. Have a go with StarTools' lens module. It works well in situations where elongated stars are predictably elongated. HTH.

ahh, not used that module yet, will certainly have a look. Thanks